26 Sep 2009
Property In Landmark Eminent Domain Supreme Court Case Never Used

I've blogged about this theft before - nice to see how it turned out for the thieves.

While we're on the subject, have a gander at this piece from Wisconsin Law Journal - it seems as though somebody else sees the whole Clunkers for Brains madness for what it is: theft.

Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.

(link) [Huffington Post]

09:50 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper

Had to go into 'Humor', thanks to the headline writer for the Post... but I really do have to wonder what the obsession is with toilet paper?

Wasn't there some celeb a year or so ago urging us to use only one square of paper per visit? Humpf! Whoever it was had never visited Squealer's BBQ Pit!

We can't use the ultra soft squishy paper out here anyway - we're on a septic system and things can get clogged pretty easily. But we don't use the recycled stuff, either - I call it "John Wayne Toilet Paper". It's rough, it's tough and it don't take shit off nobody!

It is a fight over toilet paper: the kind that is blanket-fluffy and getting fluffier so fast that manufacturers are running out of synonyms for "soft" (Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is the first big brand to go three-ply and three-adjective).

(link) [Washington Post]

09:30 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link